11 brutal truths about creativity that no one wants to talk about

By Benjamin Earl EvansHumanity has revered creativity throughout time, from the ancient Greeks to modern-day painters, poets, and web designers. It’s one of those ineffable things that’s extremely hard to define but you absolutely know it when you see it. It’s also the driving force for so many of us, to the point where we’ve created an entire category of worker that just called “creative.” But while creativity might seem like magic, it’s definitely a good kind of magic and a bad kind of magic. It bewitches us into thinking that simply being “creative” is enough; that if you have that unexplainable thing,…